Cadbury Hill

Cadbury Hill is a small hill, mostly in the civil parish of Congresbury, overlooking the village of Yatton in North Somerset [1]. On its summit stands an Iron Age hill fort, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument [1]. In archaeological circles, the hill fort is known as Cadbury-Congresbury in order to differentiate it from the Cadbury Castle hillfort in South Cadbury [1]. It appears to have been constructed in the Iron Age when one or more ramparts, with walls and ditches, were built on the steep slopes of the hill to defend an area covering some eight and a half acres [1]. The remains of Iron Age round houses may still be seen inside [1]. The hill fort was refortified around 400, after the urban collapse associated with the withdrawal of Rome, and occupation extended into the sub-Roman period [1].